EOS 1D Mark II SLR

EOS 1D Mark II SLR

Canon EOS 1D Mark II SLR Review

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Features & Controls

The EOS-1D Mark II is compatible with over 50 Canon lenses thanks to its Canon-EF
lens mount. Canon's lenses are known around the world for their image quality,
construction and reliability. Whatever your professional needs are there is a
Canon lens to cover the subject and shooting environment.

Due to the large 28.7 x 19.1 mm image area, the focal length conversion factor is
only 1.3x for the Mark II versus 1.5x or 1.6x found on other dSLRs.

Photojournalist's Lens

EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM -- To meet the growing demand of digital SLR owners, this
ultra-wide-angle zoom offers a broader view, fast aperture, and closer focusing down to
11 in. (.28m). The first EF wide-angle zoom to combine three aspherical elements and
Canon's UD glass, the lens remains compact while providing superior image quality
across its range. Constructed to pro standards and highly resistant to dust and moisture.

Sport Shooter's Lens

EF 400mm f/4 DO IS USM -- Canon's breakthrough multi-layer diffractive optical lens
technology provides photographers with superior super-telephoto performance in a smaller
and lighter design with enhanced correction for chromatic aberrations. It also
incorporates Canon's highly effective Image Stabilization system that gives the
equivalent effect of a shutter speed two stops faster. Built to professional standards
with fast AF, full-time mechanical focus and dust and water-resistant construction.

The Mark II's E-TTL flash metering system has been completely redesigned. Though still
compatible with all EX-series Speedlites, the smarter E-TTL II captures the subject as a
"plane" and ensures that images containing various colors and levels of reflection are
captured accurately and optimally. The system compares the ambient light with the
reflected pre-flash off the subject reported in all 17 metering zones and selects the
areas with a small difference to be weighted for flash exposure calculation. This system
also eliminates or under weights areas with large difference recognizing them as an
extremely reflective object in the background or as a highly reflective subject, smartly
ensuring it by considering the distance information data provided from compatible EF
lenses.

E-TTL II features high-speed sync (FP Flash) with all shutter speeds from 30 sec. to
1/8000 sec. FE (Flash Exposure) Lock on the desired part of the subject - this is the
flash equivalent of AE lock. Flash exposure compensation up to +/-3 stops in 1/3-stop
increments. FEB (Flash Exposure Bracketing) is the flash version of AEB, flash bracketing
can be up to +/-3 stops in 1/3-stop increments. E-TTL II wireless autoflash with
multiple Speedlites provides all the above features. (Only with wireless-compatible
Canon Speedlites.)

Fully E-TTL compatible with all of the Canon "EX" series speedlights. Shown here with
the model 550EX which can wirelessly trigger other 550EX or 420EX speedlights. The Mark
II can X-sync up to 1/250th sec. with non-Canon compact flash units for
daylight fill or high-speed flash shots. The standard PC sync connector allows you to
connect to studio lighting with sync speeds up to 1/125th sec.

The eyelevel viewfinder on the Mark II offers a 100% coverage (vertically and
horizontally with respect to the effective pixels), this is as good as it gets.
It has a 20mm eyepoint and -3.0 -- +1.0 diopter correction. On the side shown here
is the eyepiece shutter lever to block light from entering during selftimer or
long shutter exposures. The diopter correction knob is on the other side.

The back of the Mark II is the heart of its digital half. The large and bright 2-inch
color LCD lets you review your images and access the menu system. This is a 230,000 pixel
display which is much more resolute than the 120,000 pixel LCD found on the EOS-1D.

A closeup view of the color LCD and associated buttons. On the left from top
to bottom; Protect/unprotect images and voice annotation button. MENU calls up the
onscreen menu system. The SELECT button is held down while rotating the large Quick
Control Dial on the back to make menu selections. The DISPLAY button puts the camera into
playback mode. The Memory card select/Magnify button is used to select the active
memory card (CF or SD) and in playback is used to enlarge the single image display.
The buttons below the LCD are used to delete images, change the image quality, white
balance and white balance bracketing.
Over to the right is the Quick Control dial and
its on/off switch, below that is the main power switch. Those four small holes to the
left of the power switch is the microphone for recording voice annotations.

The monochrome LCD shows the selected white balance option, image size and quality,
CF or SD card selection, data transfer, folder name and file number. On the right
are icons to indicate blue/amber and green/magenta white balance correction.

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